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A lack of cricket failed to stop revellers enjoying Cup Match, they flooded to the island’s beaches to soak up the sun with family and friends during the holiday.
Normally, thousands of fans would have packed the Somerset Cricket Club ground for the ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Senators have approved moves to modernise jury selection and allow some cannabis convictions to be wiped clean.
The Criminal Code Amendment No 2 Act 2020 and the Expungement of Convictions Act 2020 won support in the Upper House.
Kathy Lynn Simmons,...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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An amputee and activist for the disabled said she felt humiliated after a friend had to push her on a trolley to Cooper’s Island beach over the Cup Match holiday in the wake of government workers refusing to allow friends to drop her off closer to t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Pembroke residents have called for action over pollution from Belco’s newest generator.
Doris Wade, who lives near the plant, said that while the company has offered to clean water tanks and roofs, a long-term plan was needed.
She said: “Like quite a...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Hundreds of people spent more than an hour of their Cup Match holiday on Church Street awaiting Covid-19 tests yesterday.
Some people waited up to 90 minutes to receive tests required under the island’s travel regime at the Anglican Cathedral in Hami...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Health
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More than 1,000 Covid-19 tests were carried out over the Cup Match holiday, and one new case was discovered.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that between Thursday and today, 1,049 test results were received.
The lone positive case was a...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men were arrested today after an incident involving a blade at a beach car park.
A police spokesman said that Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers reported a disturbance involving three men, one of whom was said to have a knife, at Horseshoe Bay aroun...
DATE: Jul 30, 2020
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An antiracism charity today praised the decision to conduct “mock sobriety tests” at Horseshoe Bay over the holiday weekend.
A spokeswoman for Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda said the measure, the brainchild of the Bermuda Road Safety Council, w...
DATE: Jul 30, 2020
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The Government broke ground yesterday on what will be a new international arbitration centre developed as part of a public-private partnership.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch announced the construction of the Ottiwell Simmons International Arbitratio...
DATE: Jul 29, 2020
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Two new cases of Covid-19 came to the island on Monday’s Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta, the Government revealed.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said the two were found in the latest round of 555 tests for the virus.
The cases brought the i...
DATE: Jul 29, 2020
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